In our middle- and north-european circumstances (long winters, a lot of salt on the streets), a car is getting interesting when it´s more than 20 years old because then it´s already very rare on the streets. After 20 years, they are called "Youngtimer", after 30 and more years they are "Oldtimer" which means "classic car".

Here, the first MX-5 is already a Youngtimer! For example I restored my 1988 Camry because it is already a very rare car here, all rusted away. This may be different in Arizona or California for example...

makes me feel better subscribing to jnc magazine and rockin the sticker on my miata. Im no slouch to the classics though, my father used to crew with his friends locally who owned a datsun dealership, raced scca with everything from the 210-510 240-260-280-200sx. I have a ton of old black and white photos, from road atlanta, the glen, frizzy hair paul newman....and all